Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2026-05-11

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, May 11
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Receipts
5,675 head
▲ 3,782 vs last sale 1,893▲ 794 vs year ago 4,881 · +16.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 2.00 to 5.00 higher, 15.00 to 20.00 higher on a very attractive long string of steers 1000-1050 lbs. Very good demand for this large offering of steers and heifers. Many full loads and multiple loads, including a string of 910 steers with one cut of 13 full loads. The market was incredibly active on the light cattle as there were many buyers present, and on the internet competing heavily, a good active market on the backgrounded cattle. Many buyers present and ready to fill their yards with these good, long strings of yearlings. Flesh condition ranged from moderate to heavy. Cash fed cattle reached 260.00 this week, but cattle futures suffered another day of triple digit losses on the back months, causing concern.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $498.22/cwt on 145 head, up $14.00 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 23 comparable sales and sits +24.25 against this barn's trailing median of $473.97.
Average price
$498.22
▲ 14.00 vs prior sale
145 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,732
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$249
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$34.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.59
vs SD average
+24.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552507.202,798107
Medium and Large 1-2539472.922,54938
One grade step is worth $34.27/cwt here — about $249 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale145 hd
498.22
—
SD average4 barns · 672 hd
508.80
−10.59
National average167 barns · 12,191 hd
473.70
+24.52
This barn, trailing median23 sales
473.97
+24.25
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

23 sales
532474416357median 473.9703/0204/0606/0109/1411/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $518.21, low $371.25, median $473.97 across 23 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

51 lots · USDA AMS · Sioux Falls Regional Cattle Auction - Worthing, SD
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370715.00/cwt715.00–715.002,6462
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418658.55/cwt640.00–670.002,7538
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477543.12/cwt540.00–555.002,59131
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522479.34/cwt465.00–490.002,50221
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532523.94/cwt495.00–555.002,78758
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,60417
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575487.38/cwt472.50–502.502,80249
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623427.99/cwt422.50–445.002,66671
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624455.38/cwt435.00–492.502,84298
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1681435.42/cwt422.00–450.002,965140
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2686405.94/cwt385.00–424.002,78552
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2721380.06/cwt373.00–405.002,74092
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725411.94/cwt390.00–439.002,98767
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1779393.27/cwt385.00–402.503,06448
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,98341
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2829355.05/cwt344.00–365.002,943112
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1835374.90/cwt374.00–381.003,130120
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1884357.79/cwt355.00–358.253,163187
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2889353.28/cwt339.00–357.003,14124
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2919328.00/cwt328.00–328.003,0146
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1927348.87/cwt339.00–352.503,234344
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1979340.12/cwt332.00–343.753,330281
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy979327.76/cwt324.00–336.503,20946
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2986330.00/cwt330.00–330.003,25410
Steers1000–1050Large 11,017343.18/cwt329.00–343.753,490737
Steers1050–1100Large 1Fleshy1,063312.00/cwt312.00–312.003,31716
Steers1050–1100Large 11,074328.00/cwt328.00–328.003,52358
Steers1100–1150Large 11,127312.50/cwt312.50–312.503,52223
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1484505.60/cwt480.00–535.002,44777
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523481.29/cwt440.00–507.502,51742
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578445.32/cwt425.00–475.002,57491
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623422.97/cwt402.50–445.002,63585
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1682391.12/cwt371.00–415.002,667142
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed689410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,82526
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2696364.91/cwt347.50–370.002,54022
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720367.73/cwt349.00–395.002,648212
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy730347.24/cwt343.00–361.002,53537
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770341.82/cwt340.00–345.002,632108
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1771358.99/cwt350.50–370.002,76883
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy790343.33/cwt333.00–346.002,71299
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1811344.96/cwt332.50–349.002,798411
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy830323.32/cwt314.00–333.002,68448
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2834328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,73612
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2868321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,78629
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1876327.41/cwt324.00–335.002,868177
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy883320.59/cwt316.00–324.002,831129
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1926322.35/cwt319.00–327.002,985463
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy945310.79/cwt310.00–314.002,937247
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy958302.60/cwt300.00–315.002,89977
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,014300.18/cwt299.00–301.003,04434
Heifers1050–1100Large 1Fleshy1,072282.00/cwt282.00–282.003,02310

This sale against other markets

South Dakota weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.